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MFA in Costume Design
Associate Professor Emerita
Director, Choreographer, Teaching Artist
MFA in Directing
Professional Actor Training Program
Production Manager
Part-time Lecturer, Design
Head of Directing and Playwriting
Assistant Professor, Acting, Directing and Devising
Assistant Professor, Theatre History and Performance Studies
Donald E. Petersen Endowed Professor
Scenic designer and Visual storyteller
MFA, Scenic Design
MFA in Scenic Design
Program Coordinator of Production and Facilities
Chair of Performing Arts, Dallas College
PhD, Theatre History, Theory, and Criticism
MFA in Costume Design
News
- US POET LAUREATE AND UW DRAMA ALUMNAE ADA LIMÓN (98) ANNOUNCED As A 2023 MACARTHUR FELLOW! (October 4, 2023)
- Remembering Professor Emeritus Barry Bates Witham (Update! Celebration of Life Service information below) (January 5, 2023)
- Welcome new faculty members An-Lin Dauber and Sara Walsh! (May 19, 2022)
- Tony Award-winning producer and actor Ron Simons to deliver 2022 Commencement address (April 14, 2022)
- In The Importance of Being Earnest, actors explore the art of identity (October 19, 2021)
- Dawn Wells, Mary Ann on ‘Gilligan’s Island,’ Dies at 82 (January 6, 2021)
- Scott Magelssen awarded Petersen Endowed Fellowship (January 8, 2019)
- Unearthing Seattle’s Deeper Histories through Art and Humanities (October 9, 2018)
- Bullet Catchers, a new play created by Julia Sears ('12) profiled in Perspectives (November 7, 2017)
- 2016–17 Scholarship & Award Recipients (June 21, 2016)
- 2016–17 Season Announcement (June 21, 2016)
- Alumni News, June 2016 (June 20, 2016)
- Goodbye for Now to the School of Drama, from Judy Shahn (June 16, 2016)
- Catherine Cole of UC Berkeley Named Divisional Dean for the Arts (May 12, 2016)
- Skies Over Seattle featured in A&S Perspectives (May 4, 2016)
- Desdemona Chiang (MFA '09) in City Arts Magazine—"She's the Boss" (April 28, 2016)
- Malika Oyetimein—City Arts 2016 Future List (April 25, 2016)
- Professor Andrew Tsao leads workshop on teaching Shakespeare to young audiences (April 25, 2016)
- Letter from the Editor, Spring 2016 (April 11, 2016)
- Alumni & Faculty News, Spring 2016 (April 11, 2016)
- Mary Gates Scholars x 3 (April 11, 2016)
- Faculty Interview: Judith Shahn (April 11, 2016)
- Alumni Spotlight: Desdemona Chiang, MFA '09 (April 11, 2016)
- Student Perspective: Moises Castro, PATP (April 11, 2016)
- Drama PhD Students Delve into Medieval Manuscript Pages in UW Special Collections (April 5, 2016)
- Simon Tran (BA '16) reflects on the Civil Rights Pilgrimage (March 28, 2016)
- Melody Donais, Drama senior, on producing and directing 4.48 Psychosis (March 10, 2016)
- Mellon Foundation grants $750,000 to fund performing arts research (March 3, 2016)
- School of Drama Alumni take flight at the Seattle Fringe Festival! (February 18, 2016)
- Get to Know: Skip Mercier, senior lecturer in design (February 17, 2016)
- David Borning (Senior, Drama Design) Awarded First Place in Walt Disney Imagineering Imaginations Design Competition (January 29, 2016)
- Performance Studies Research Group Lecture (January 19, 2016)
- Senior David Borning's Design Team Named a Finalist for the 2016 Walt Disney Imagineering Imaginations Design Competition (January 13, 2016)
- Members of PhD program participate in panel addressing the realities of being Muslim today (January 12, 2016)
- Student Spotlight: Thorn Michaels, Lighting Design (January 11, 2016)
- Letter from the Executive Director, Winter 2016 (January 7, 2016)
- Alumni & Faculty News, Winter 2016 (January 7, 2016)
- Alumni Spotlight: Ben Gonio, PATP '05 (January 7, 2016)
- In Memory of Sarah Nash Gates (December 7, 2015)
- Holly Arsenault (BA 2001) participates in project pairing theatre and science (September 24, 2015)
- PhD Candidate Christopher Goodson Interviews Playwright Diane Rodriguez (September 14, 2015)
- Lost & Founded: Reading Series Opener (August 25, 2015)
- Alumni Project: Pre-Screening of "Becoming Mermaid" (August 25, 2015)
- Alumni Spotlight: Naomi Mercer (BA '00) (August 24, 2015)
- Annie Morro (Musical Theater '15) takes center stage (August 11, 2015)
- Performance Studies Research Group Fosters Cross-disciplinary Conversations (May 7, 2015)
- Racy Sketchy Sexy Takes a Social Justice Lens (May 5, 2015)
- Alumni News, April 2015 (April 16, 2015)
- MFA Directors' Debut: William Inge's Bus Stop (April 16, 2015)
- Two Directors, Two Visions, One Play (April 14, 2015)
- Recent Faculty and Alumni Achievements, Spring 2015 (April 13, 2015)
- More Than a Play—Mark Jenkins’ Red Earth, Gold Gate, Shadow Sky (April 13, 2015)
- Scholarship, Community, and Truth—Samer Al-Saber (PhD ’13), Alumni Spotlight (April 13, 2015)
- Lex Marcos (MFA '17) featured in Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (March 30, 2015)
- On Pursuing an MFA and Being a Mother - Sunam Ellis (March 26, 2015)
- Future Collaborator Lisa D'Amour, of PearlD'Amour, profiled in The New York Times (March 24, 2015)
- Alums Win L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards (March 17, 2015)
- Building Connections Between Theatre and Museums - Scott Magelssen (March 12, 2015)
- Developing Character—Tara Velan (PATP) on Her Process (March 3, 2015)
- Full Circle—Spotlight on Taigé Kussman (BA ’14) (February 24, 2015)
- Mitchell Krawczyk, UTS Social Media Coordinator, Selected for President's Medal (February 24, 2015)
- Alumni News, February 2015 (February 17, 2015)
- Elizabeth Wu, Guest Blogger, Part 2 (February 17, 2015)
- MFA Directing Thesis: The Hostage (February 17, 2015)
- UTS Presents: Cabaret (February 17, 2015)
- Alum and Former Faculty Member Collaborate on X's and O's (A Football Love Story) (February 3, 2015)
- The Daily Raves About Twelfth Night (January 30, 2015)
- Inspiration through Improvisation: Andrew McMasters (PATP '95) in Perspectives (January 29, 2015)
- Elizabeth Wu on Why Yellow Face? Why Now? (January 20, 2015)
- The Daily Goes Behind-the-Scenes of Once Upon a Weekend (January 14, 2015)
- Elizabeth Wu Faces the Fear in the Rehearsal Room (December 17, 2014)
- An actor, a dancer and a singer walk into a bar... (December 4, 2014)
- Coming Up in Winter Quarter (December 1, 2014)
- The Daily Reviews Sweet Charity (November 20, 2014)
- Sweet Charity Director Wilson Mendieta on Q13 News (November 19, 2014)
- Celebrity and Its Discontents - Odai Johnson (September 30, 2014)
- Theatre and Art Around Town (September 10, 2014)
- A Chat With Undergraduate Holly Griffith (June 26, 2014)
- Celebrating Sarah Nash Gates (June 17, 2014)
- Welcome Fulbright Scholars (June 3, 2013)